Couple'a bucks in WiFi cameras ?
Dennis OConnor wrote:
> I wandered up the North tower Friday to drop some 80 meter antennas to be
> replaced with new designs... From about the 70 foot point and up the tower
> felt a bit more springy than usual... I made a mental note to check on the
> guy tension... The towers had just been through a nasty blow ~8 weeks earlier
> that ripped up my 40 meter beam and I had carefully inspected the guys and
> anchors right after that storm, so I wasn't worried about mechanical failure
> on a calm day... Just seemed like the upper guys were looser than usual...
> Yesterday I got a round tuit, grabbed the Loos gauge and wandered out...
> What to me wondering eyes should appear but loose turnbuckles, with one of
> them (a 120' guy) having turned out until there were only 3 threads left
> engaged on each end... Some kind soul had taken the 90' and 120' turn
> buckles and un-weaved the ends of the EHS from from the turnbuckle...
> Whether he also deliberately unscrewed the buckles almost completely apart or
> just left the
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> to vibrate, I cannot tell..
> This is annoying... I live in a very rural area back in the woods and a
> quarter mile from the nearest road... To get to my towers one would have to
> walk in a minimum of a half mile across crop fields and then through heavy
> brush and woods... This is the first time in 45 years as a ham I have ever
> found my towers tampered with...
> Now, some kind soul will tell me to clamp the buckles or use a padlock... The
> problem is that if they are up to mischief they will simply bring tools...
> And it wasn't an impulse deal because he went around to all three of the
> 90-120 guy sets... Apparently I have a friend out there... grrrr....
>
> denny / k8do
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